Vase with linear decor in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century-China Archive

Image Number: K1B017379N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Description:
Round mouth and narrow lips, long neck, big belly, flat bottom, short circle feet. Seven strings are decorated between the neck and abdomen. The body is thick and heavy. The body is covered with thick celadon glaze. The glaze color is pink green. The strings and edges are thin, showing gray edges. Apply glaze to the foot margin, and there is no black gray body exposed at the foot margin. This color is considered to be either coated with fetal protection juice or naturally formed after burning. The overall shape is similar to that of glass, but it is also considered to be a combination of bronze. The bottom is engraved with Emperor Qianlong’s “Inscription of Imperial Kiln Bottles of the Song Dynasty”: “Tao Cheng Xiu Neisi, who is six hundred years old, has lost all his anger, and the glaze light is moistening. Several people have read and appreciated the five character poem. After reading it, they still laugh. From now on, they can see the bottom as” imperial poetry “. At the end of the poem, the chronicle of “Emperor Qianlong Guisi’s midspring imperial title” (38th year of Qianlong’s reign: 1773) was signed, and two seals of “knowing the heart is not far away” and “virtue is sufficient” were affixed. Because Baofeng